With the last name
"Jackson", if you were a performer in the 80's, people
thought you were part of the Michael Jackson family.
In this case, there was no relationship between
Englishman David Ian Jackson (aka Joe Jackson) and the
Jackson 5 (he would have been adopted anyway considering
he is white).

Joe Jackson's first international hit, and one of our
favorite 80's songs, was "Is
She Really Going Out With Him", released on the
1979 album
Look Sharp!. Other notable songs by Joe
Jackson included "It's Different for Girls", a UK hit
released in 1979 on the album I'm the Man, "Steppin' Out" and "Breakin' Us In Two" from 1982 (Night
and Day), and "You Can't Get What You Want" from
1984 (Body & Soul).

As Joe Jackson's musical career moved on,
his style moved away from pop and towards
classical/jazz. Joe Jackson continued producing
well into the 90's and 2000's, with new material with
the old band as late as 2012. The Joe Jackson
Discography is as follows:

1980: Beat Crazy

1981: Jumpin' Jive

1982: Night and Day

1983: Mike's Murder Movie Soundtrack

1984: Body and Soul

1986: Big World

1986: Big World

1987: Will Power

1988: Tucker Original Soundtrack

1988: Live 1980/86

1989: Blaze of Glory

1990: Stepping Out: The Very Best of Joe Jackson

1991: Laughter & Lust

1991: Laughter & Lust Live

1994: Night Music

1997: Heaven & Hell

1997: This Is It! (The A&M Years 1979–1989)

1999: Symphony No. 1

2000: Night and Day II

2000: Summer in the City: Live in New York

2002: Two Rainy Nights

2003: Volume 4

2004: AfterLife

2008: Rain

2009: Live at the BBC

2010: Joe Jackson – Collected

2011: Live Music

2011: Live in Germany

2012: The Duke

1979
Look Sharp!

STEPPIN'
OUT:
[starts] Now The mist across the window
hides the lines, But nothing hides the colour,
Of the lights that shine[chorus] Me babe - steppin out, Into the night,
Into the light, You babe - steppin out, Into the
night, Into the light [etc]